Judiciary all too easily led from path of justice

Wang Shunxi, an entrepreneur from Xinxiang in Central China's Henan province, bribed at least eight, ranging from a judge in a provincial court to staff at the Supreme People's Court.[Photo/IC]

How many officials can one bribe in a single case? Wang Shunxi, an entrepreneur from Xinxiang in Central China's Henan province, bribed at least eight, ranging from a judge in a provincial court to staff at the Supreme People's Court. Gmw.cn comments:

Wang's behavior has been jokingly described as "spider web style" bribery because no matter which court the case was transferred to, his bribery followed.

However, his bribery is no joke. His case started in 2009 and was transferred from one court to another, and in each of the courts he successfully bribed the court staff, even some of the judges.

It shows that the fight against corruption will be a long process and we cannot afford to be careless. But more importantly, we need to rethink: What is the problem with our judicial system that officials can illegally intervene to determine the outcome of a case?

Wang first bribed a judge in the provincial court, who helped him transfer the case to the municipal court, then he bribed a local official, who called the chief judge of the court and persuaded him to rule in favor of Wang.

Moreover, Wang bribed an administrative member of staff at the Supreme People's Court, who got key information of the case from another judge.

Wang has already been sentenced to one and a half years in prison and officials taking his bribes have got their deserved penalty, too. But Wang's case, together with other similar ones, exposes that our judiciary is rather easily led from the path of justice, something that should arouse concern and deserve changes.